Thank you Joel

If only I could build models at the same standard

Russell, you will have to let me know how that ends up working. I am planning to do the same when I build my permanent setup in the basement, my Amazon wishlist has the 110V version of the same blower motor in it. LOL

Russell,
OMG !! your paint booth is beyond anything I've ever seen. Should suck out anything and everything you air brush without any problems.
Joel

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The joys of having disposable income and no responsibilities weren't lost on me either as younger man. I too, had what is now considered a very valuable "muscle car" when I was young. Of course I sold it for a pittance some time back, but to buy one now, I'd have to sell my house

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Tell me about it 😳 HK Monaro in my case 😡

Sure seems like a pattern here. I use to con my father into co-signing a bank loan every 2 or 3 years for my next sports or sports type car. I worked for him after school (stay at home college student), so all I ever got was an allowance. Dad paid the monthly loan payment, and the insurance was bundled with the family cars. Only once on my own did I realize just how easy I had it. It was 8 years for the next new car from when I got married, and believe me it wasn't anything special by any means.

Joel

The joys of having disposable income and no responsibilities weren't lost on me either as younger man. I too, had what is now considered a very valuable "muscle car" when I was young. Of course I sold it for a pittance some time back, but to buy one now, I'd have to sell my house

Wow, this brings back some great memories! I was a high school senior in 1978-'79, man I loved this car. (as did many other people. ) Next to the original "Bandit" edition this blue one was my fav. I still remember early senior year when a friend pulled into the school parking lot in a brand new '78. White, with a silver red and black phoenix on the hood. All of our jaws just dropped! I was one of the first couple a guys to go for a ride in it. Good times! Looking good Russell, keep it up!

Cheers, Mike

Russell,
Your masking really looks like the prep work will pay off in Spades. Can't wait to see the body shell in it's color coat.

Joel

as an owner of a couple real 2nd Gen T/A I'm going to enjoy watching this build! Great work so far...

I tried a product similar to AK's camouflage elastic putty. Used it to cover decals, when applying a winter wash. It did the job fine, but, when removed, tore of part of the decals, even though they where sealed with satin varnish.

I've found the trick is to keep it in the fridge next to my CA glues. The colder temps seem to extend the shelf life of both

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Thanks D
Haven't heard of re-usable masking putty per-se. But I've tried blu-tack once or twice but was never really convinced on it's re-usability as the overspray embedded into the blu-tack and then seemed to work its way back onto the model at the next use

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Hi Russ.

Give THIS a try from SMS. If you haven't seen their gear, it's a husband and wife team from Ballarat making some great products for scale modelling. I use their paints a lot.

Cheers, D

Russell,
For $15 it better be re-useable, and stick like glue. Usually Blu-tac hardly sticks well enough for me to use it with confidence. That's how I ended up using Silly Pully, which I've used the same two eggs worth for years now. Talk about being super cheap.

Joel

Making good progress Russell. That's a lot of Maskol:)
I like Maskol, easy to apply and easy to remove. Shelf life not so long though. One day you have Maskol, the next a rubber ball, in a glass jar.
I tried a liquid mask, from microsol, didn't like that one very much. A pain to remove that stuff.